Teacher accused of sexual contact with student smiles pretty for her mugshot

[Independent voter]

Yes there's a double standard.






http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-wo...139916408.html





A 27-year-old anatomy teacher in Texas was arrested Monday, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student.

But that’s only one reason Sarah Madden Fowlkes is making national headlines.

The other is her smiling mugshot.

Wearing an ear-to-ear smile, Fowlkes looks like she’s posing for a new Facebook profile photo instead of a jailhouse mug.

“She grinned and bared it,” crowed the New York Post.

“Sarah Fowlkes seemed to find her arrest a joyous occasion,” snarked British tabloid The Sun.

Fowlkes turned herself in to police in Lockhart, Texas, about 35 miles from Austin, where authorities charged her with having an improper relationship with a student at Lockhart High, a second-degree felony.

Also on Monday, the Lockhart school district announced she was suspended from her teaching job at the high school and will not return to the district where she has worked since October 2014, reported the Hays Free Press in Kyle, Texas.

“Lockhart parents entrust their children to us every day, and it is something we do not take lightly. Student safety is the district’s most important priority,” superintendent of students Susan K. Bohn wrote to parents.

“As soon as we learned of the report, we acted swiftly to involve law enforcement and CPS to conduct a thorough investigation. The district does not and will not tolerate any improper communication or contact between a teacher and child.”

The district also notified the State Board for Educator Certification about Fowlkes’ conduct.

Lockhart police said a school administrator contacted them on March 10 that a teacher might have had an inappropriate relationship with a student currently enrolled at the high school.

Police discovered that a 17-year-old student had been in contact in person and through messages with Fowlkes, they said.

Police allege she engaged in “sexual content with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the student.”

Lockhart police said they’d never investigated a teacher on such a charge.

“Seventeen years old is obviously older, but at the same time it doesn’t make anything right,” Detective Jesse Bell told KXAN in Austin.

“If the kid is in school, parents trust the school to take care of their kids, so it’s definitely not right — that a teacher in a position of power over a student be able to take advantage of a student.”

Fowlkes taught anatomy, physiology and environmental systems at the high school, where she started working in September according to her now-deleted profile on the school’s website.

“This is my third year as a teacher, my previous two years were spent at Plum Creek Elementary where I was a third and fifth grade science and social studies teacher,” she wrote. “I have very high expectations of myself as a teacher as well as of my students and I hope that this will be a formula for achievement.

“I want this to be an enjoyable year for all of my students but also a productive, challenging and encouraging year with success for everyone.”

Her social media suggest she celebrated her birthday with her husband the night before her arrest.

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Anatomy huh?

[endersblade]

Another one of those "My 17 year old kid is a naive innocent! He knew not what sex was, this woman coerced and raped him!"

I really want to smack people sometimes.

[Super Kami Dende]

Wat? When I was 17 I was Working a Fulltime Job, paying Bills and being an Adult. I would've decimated a 27 Year old Woman that looked like that without a second thought.

This is a Situation where even if it was a 17yr old Chick with a 27 year old Dude I wouldn't even care.

[Wenoxar]

Tbh is there any reason not to smile in mugshot photos

[Los Tiffin]

I'm sure that poor lad was scarred for life.

[Deleted]

Soo can we see the pictures described as containing arousing content?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y74j3-77CfA -> comes to mind.

[Deleted]

That poor innocent lad. He's probably so glad his parents interfered and grateful for all news agencies.

[Super Kami Dende]

That poor innocent lad. He's probably so glad his parents interfered and grateful for all news agencies.

Lmao yeah. That has got to be one of the biggest Cockblocks ever.

[StayTuned]

good old story of : fire her, but never ever should she be charged with anything. Guy is 17 for fuks sake.

[AgesPast0]

Friendly reminder if the roles were reserved, it'd be a shitstorm.

[ingsve]

I'm sure that poor lad was scarred for life.

Ya, probably hit his head on the headboard.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikd0ZYQoDko

[prwraith]

Meh 17 year old knew what he was doing, saw the opportunity and went for it. Nothing wrong here.

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Niiiiiicee.jpg

[Danuru]

[Ulfric Trumpcloak]

Uh...nice.

[Aleksej89]

Yea where is that southpark nice meme xD

[Deleted]

She should lose the job, but to jail her? She's 27, he's 17. Fucking grow up.

[munkeyinorbit]

A lot of keyboard warriors claiming that they would "smash that" when they were 17. Pretty pathetic to be honest. A person who is a position of power took advantage of another. People need to think before they open up their mouths. It only makes you look like a joke.